title: Uncertainty--the other side of prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of California, San Francisco, and the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, USA.
authors.forename: Alexander K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Douglas B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Arnold
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003933:Diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D011379:Prognosis; D014342:Truth Disclosure